Halloween

Day 31: What else could we write about? It had to be Halloween. So as we already had a rhyme (written by me about Halloween, that needs a thing or two adding to it, maybe I should put it in the cauldron for improvement?), we have adapted that into a limerick.

Halloween

Stir the cauldron, stir the pot,

Fill it up with what's and not.

Add a twist of lemon balm,

Add a frog's leg for a charm.

A magic spell's now what you've got.

And now it's off to trick or treat or give a book for All Hallow's Read.

Frogs

Day 30: Halloween is fast approaching, and we all know that witches keep wart covered frogs in their coats.

Frogs

There were three frogs who lived in a pond,

Two were green and the other was blond.

They hopped and croaked,

And splashed and soaked,

And little tadpoles then they spawned.

(you need to pronounce spawned like pond with an s in front: spond, or the last line doesn't rhyme).

Dinosaurs

Day 29: Walking with Dinosaurs. This was one of the greatest documentaries from the BBC when Max's brother was growing up. Funnily though, he always like to watch the documentary of the documentary: The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs.

Max watches these as well as Walking with Monsters, and Walking with Prehistoric Beasts over and over again to the point that he knows the script off by heart. 

As we diplodocus our way towards the end of the month, duck quick you might get swooped on by a pterasaur or hunted by the coelophysis bird that sits in the tree outside....

Dinosaurs

Giants plodding on the earth,

Jumped the queue and got here first.

Scaly claws

And toothy jaws,

They'll eat you if they find the nerve.

And yet, we still want to keep them as pets.

Hot Chocolate

Day 28: We made hot chocolate this evening as we were feeling cold. Yes, feeling cold in Singapore! but when it rains, the temperature drops and you really feel chilly. Max makes fun of the goosebumps on my arms. So, to get warm, we frothed some milk and made some especially tasty Cadbury's hot chocolate.

Hot Chocolate

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I like to drink my chocolate hot,

With frothy milk, poured on top.

Sprinkle with marshmallows

Warms your heart and toes,

I think I'll make a huge great pot.

That sounds like an excellent idea.

Bread

Day 27: I suppose when you eat sandwiches you need a couple of slices of bread to get started. There is something very comforting about taking a slice of bread and toasting it. I like mine with a tiny scrape of butter and some lemon and lime marmelade. Max prefers his without any additives, although occasionally some chocolate rice finds itself sprinkled on top.

Bread

I like my bread slightly toasted,

Not plain or even almost roasted.

No butter, no jam,

Just cheese, no ham,

A plain piece of bread, not overloaded

Now we should go and bake some.

Happiness

Day 26: Homework this weekend is to work on a poem about happiness. Max has progressed on to exploring lyrical poems. This is what he wants to write next month, we shall see if we get to write one a day ;)

Happiness

What is it like to be happy?

Is it jumping and being batty?

Is it a smile?

A look to beguile,

How nice it is to be happy.

Well it was the best I could do with a lack of ideas about what rhymes with happy. We'll post up the lyrical poem next month. 

Fridays

Day 25: We are getting close to the end of the month - quite an achievement, when we reach 31 rhymes, on non other than Halloween.

We decided that we should choose Friday as this is the last Friday of the month.

Fridays

Friday's nearly the end of the week,

The weekend's just a little peek.

Two days of rest,

Simply the best,

And then it's Monday, squeak, squeak.

Not sure why there is a squeak, there are no mice.